Hi Everyone! We're back for another season of Godsill
Away! We actually squeezed in an action packed summer trip to Yellowstone and other amazing places, but I struggled so much with WiFi that I just decided to put the whole thing to rest and remember it fondly without pictures. Good thing because it snowed and froze us into traveling popsicles so I have a very clear memory of the trip anyway.
This time! It's Fall break for us. We get a week off of school. One glorious week to do whatever we want with. We chose New York, Boston, and a few days in Martha's Vineyard. This should be a whirlwind adventure in 13 days.
We flew the redeye last night. Just under 10 hours. Not too bad. All was smooth on our departure. Even had a little time to buy the kids $10 mac n cheese at the airport. The fear of a hungry kid gets me every time. Yes, I know you are a better mom and have individual airplane lunches all packed and ready to go. Not me. I barely remembered to pack snacks.
I had ten hours of reflection time last night. I was awake for the whole flight. We took off in the day and because it took 10 hours, add on 6 hours, we landed in New York just before 7 in the morning. That means if you didn't sleep on the plane, then sorry sucka you aint sleeping today. I will let you figure out which category I landed in. See I realized there are three types of flying people.
1. Those who don't recline their seat.
2. Those who recline it a little.
3. Those who have no awareness of others' feelings and recline their chair so far back that you can't see the movie playing because your old-lady eyes can't see things close up anymore.
Can you guess who sat in front of my kid and me? F actually had her head on her pillow on her food tray in a feeble attempt to sleep when the lady in front of her smashed her head. Twice- if at first the seat won't budge, push harder until the person behind you moves her head.
Now you are feeling judged because you are a number 3 kind of person. I am totally judging you. The TV screen was 6 maybe 8 inches from my face. People, if you must recline, be a number 2 flying person. The person behind you will feel noticed and appreciate that you tried to make both people a little more comfortable in a tight situation. Anyway, the woman in front of my kid lost something this morning and I reminded her that the universe just might have put it somewhere for her.
Well, we landed at 6:45 this morning. Took the subway to our hotel where we couldn't check in because of the early hour. They took our bags and we headed off into the city to look for some breakfast. Mind you, none of us has slept. B had horrible allergies on the flight. We are like a group of lost zombies looking for a bagel. Found a great market and some yummy food and then headed out for the day. No sleep anywhere on the horizon.
We loved Washington Square. M saw so many squirrels which made her day. From there we made our way to the ferry and headed out to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Again, 4 complete zombies. Zombie mom "Mombie" neglected to take the warm jackets from the bags before storing them at the hotel. There was a little Mombie guilt today, but everyone survived.
Things I heard my children say today.
1. I thought the Statue of Liberty was bigger.
2. "Is she a Monk?" (because of her flowy goddess-style attire)
3. I'm tired.
4. I'm freezing.
5. I'm tired.
6. I'm tired.
7. I'm tired.
It's now a little after 7pm. Everyone is asleep and I am typing in the light of the bathroom down the hall. I keep nodding off so I should get the Mombie to bed. I'll attach a few shots from the day and get some sleep. Tomorrow's plan? JACKETS. The rest, you can wait for. Thanks for coming along.
This time! It's Fall break for us. We get a week off of school. One glorious week to do whatever we want with. We chose New York, Boston, and a few days in Martha's Vineyard. This should be a whirlwind adventure in 13 days.
We flew the redeye last night. Just under 10 hours. Not too bad. All was smooth on our departure. Even had a little time to buy the kids $10 mac n cheese at the airport. The fear of a hungry kid gets me every time. Yes, I know you are a better mom and have individual airplane lunches all packed and ready to go. Not me. I barely remembered to pack snacks.
I had ten hours of reflection time last night. I was awake for the whole flight. We took off in the day and because it took 10 hours, add on 6 hours, we landed in New York just before 7 in the morning. That means if you didn't sleep on the plane, then sorry sucka you aint sleeping today. I will let you figure out which category I landed in. See I realized there are three types of flying people.
1. Those who don't recline their seat.
2. Those who recline it a little.
3. Those who have no awareness of others' feelings and recline their chair so far back that you can't see the movie playing because your old-lady eyes can't see things close up anymore.
Can you guess who sat in front of my kid and me? F actually had her head on her pillow on her food tray in a feeble attempt to sleep when the lady in front of her smashed her head. Twice- if at first the seat won't budge, push harder until the person behind you moves her head.
Now you are feeling judged because you are a number 3 kind of person. I am totally judging you. The TV screen was 6 maybe 8 inches from my face. People, if you must recline, be a number 2 flying person. The person behind you will feel noticed and appreciate that you tried to make both people a little more comfortable in a tight situation. Anyway, the woman in front of my kid lost something this morning and I reminded her that the universe just might have put it somewhere for her.
Well, we landed at 6:45 this morning. Took the subway to our hotel where we couldn't check in because of the early hour. They took our bags and we headed off into the city to look for some breakfast. Mind you, none of us has slept. B had horrible allergies on the flight. We are like a group of lost zombies looking for a bagel. Found a great market and some yummy food and then headed out for the day. No sleep anywhere on the horizon.
We loved Washington Square. M saw so many squirrels which made her day. From there we made our way to the ferry and headed out to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Again, 4 complete zombies. Zombie mom "Mombie" neglected to take the warm jackets from the bags before storing them at the hotel. There was a little Mombie guilt today, but everyone survived.
Things I heard my children say today.
1. I thought the Statue of Liberty was bigger.
2. "Is she a Monk?" (because of her flowy goddess-style attire)
3. I'm tired.
4. I'm freezing.
5. I'm tired.
6. I'm tired.
7. I'm tired.
It's now a little after 7pm. Everyone is asleep and I am typing in the light of the bathroom down the hall. I keep nodding off so I should get the Mombie to bed. I'll attach a few shots from the day and get some sleep. Tomorrow's plan? JACKETS. The rest, you can wait for. Thanks for coming along.
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